Marion Dean Ross Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians records, 1969-

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Marion Dean Ross Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians records, 1969-

The Marion Dean Ross Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), formally reorganized under the current title in 1995, is an organization of scholars, architects, preservationists, planners, professionals in allied fields, and the interested public. The Chapter jurisdiction encompasses Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia. The collection includes Chapter publications, scholarly papers read before the Chapter, video productions, annual meeting proceedings, and announcements and newsletters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7540218

University of Oregon Libraries

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Ross, Marion Dean

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Born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania in 1913, Marion Dean Ross was educated at Pennsylvania State and Harvard University. He received a B.S. in architecture in 1935 at Penn State, studied at the Universidad Nacional in Mexico, and earned a Master of Architecture degree at Harvard in 1937. In 1937 Ross began teaching architectural history and design at Tulane University. In 1946, he taught at Pennsylvania State College and in 1947 Ross started teaching in the Art History Department at the Universit...

Society of Architectural Historians. Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter

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The Society of Architectural Historians was founded on the East Coast, at Harvard University, in 1940 to promote the study of worldwide architecture. In 1954, a West Coast chapter named the Pacific Section was formed at the call of Elliot A. P. Evans, curator of the California Society of Pioneers. It was the sixth local or regional chapter of the Society to be organized. Its early meetings typically were held in the San Francisco Bay region. In 1962, the spread-out Pacific Coast constituency was...